Game Thread: Florida Panthers (35-15-4) at Tampa Bay Lightning (30-20-5) – 17 Feb 2024 – 5:00PM EST

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1. HockeyMod 7 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Steven Stamkos|Brayden Point|Nikita Kucherov|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Carter Verhaeghe|Aleksander Barkov|Sam Reinhart|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Brandon Hagel|Anthony Cirelli|Nick Paul|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Nick Cousins|Sam Bennett|Matthew Tkachuk|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Michael Eyssimont|Tyler Motte|Conor Sheary|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Eetu Luostarinen|Anton Lundell|Evan Rodrigues|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Alex Barré-Boulet|Luke Glendening|Mitchell Chaffee|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Jonah Gadjovich|Kevin Stenlund|Ryan Lomberg|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|Darren Raddysh|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Gustav Forsling|Aaron Ekblad|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Haydn Fleury|Erik Cernak|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Niko Mikkola|Brandon Montour|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg|Nick Perbix|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Oliver Ekman-Larsson|Dmitry Kulikov|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sergei Bobrovsky|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Nick Paul|15 Feb 2024|Undisclosed|OUT|Paul (undisclosed) is set to be sidelined against the Florida Panthers on Saturday, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.|19 Feb 2024|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tanner Jeannot|15 Feb 2024|Undisclosed|OUT|Jeannot (undisclosed) is expected to miss at least another week of action. Coach Jon Cooper told reporters, “He’s probably going to be out like another week or so and then we can make a decision after that. Don’t hold me to that, but he won’t be playing, definitely not on this homestand,” per Chris Krenn of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s official site.|24 Feb 2024|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Mikhail Sergachev|07 Feb 2024|Leg|IR-LT|Surgery|17 Apr 2024|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Logan Brown||Undisclosed|IR-LT||29 Feb 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|William Lockwood|06 Feb 2024|Concussion|DTD|Lockwood (concussion) isn’t expected to play Thursday versus Buffalo, per Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers’ official site.|unknown|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/tampa-bay-lightning/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/florida-panthers/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|55|30|20|5|65|0.591|3.44|3.27|30.36|81.33|29.96|29.87|51.38|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|54|35|15|4|74|0.685|3.24|2.44|25.28|83.24|34.04|27.59|51.11|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Nikita Kucherov|36|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|39|
   |A|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Nikita Kucherov|57|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Matthew Tkachuk|42|
   |P|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Nikita Kucherov|93|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|65|
   |+/-|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|7|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Gustav Forsling|35|
   |PIM|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Austin Watson|69|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Jonah Gadjovich|70|
   |TOI|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|24:43|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Brandon Montour|23:13|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=14 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=13 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|30|30|19|11|0|1|2.77|0.903|
   |[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|23|22|10|7|5|2|3.46|0.889|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sergei Bobrovsky|39|39|26|10|2|3|2.42|0.914|
   |[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|17|15|9|5|2|1|1.97|0.926|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=14 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=13 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |27 Dec 2023|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|7:00PM EST|FLA (**3**) – (2) TBL|
   |17 Feb 2024|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|5:00PM EST|BSFL, BSSUN|
   |16 Mar 2024|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|6:00PM EDT|ESPN+, HULU|

   [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020856/landing)

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2. FormulaFan69 7 months ago

   Josh Mahura playing after riding the bench so many games has me slightly uncomfortable. Not that Ekblad has been playing so great recently that his loss is detrimental, but I’m still a little worried.

3. SawgrassSteve 7 months ago

   Let’s gooooooo!!!!!!

4. DonCorlealt 7 months ago

   A lightning storm never scared a florida panther. Just an average saturday in the everglades.